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Tim Kaine: If we're going to have now a workforce that is largely maybe gig workers and sole proprietors and part-timers and things…

On the recordMarch 15, 2021
If we're going to have now a workforce that is largely maybe gig workers and sole proprietors and part-timers and things like that who aren't included in traditional UI, a question that we have to grapple with on the HELP Committee and in Congress generally is do we need to broaden the UI system?
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine emphasizes the necessity to consider expanding unemployment insurance to include more worker types.

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